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. >> well, you know, the gun lobby certainly has never been, you know, a fan of president obama's, even though he's actually gimp them some things that they've asked for. you know, he's actually passed or signed legislation that allowed you to carry concealed weapons on trains and into national parks. but that's not good enough for the nra. and they have never been a fan of the president. the pro-israel lobby has also been pretty skeptical of the president ever since he started campaigning in 2007. having said, he won substantial jewish support in both elections. and, you know, his appointment of hagel, i should add is not just about israel. it's much broader than that. i mean, the reasons he's choosing hagel and the responsibilities he will have at the defense department go beyond that. >> national journal's beth reinhard, really interesting. thanks for coming on the program. >> thanks. >>> well the new numbers won't surprise environmental lobbies and they probably confirm what you may have suspected about last year's weather. 2012 was the warmest year on record in the united states. s
. >> well, you know, the gun lobby certainly has never been, you know, a fan of president obama's, even though he's actually gimp them some things that they've asked for. you know, he's actually passed or signed legislation that allowed you to carry concealed weapons on trains and into national parks. but that's not good enough for the nra. and they have never been a fan of the president. the pro-israel lobby has also been pretty skeptical of the president ever since he started...
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the national rifle association somehow managed to put this stealth legislation into president obama's health care reform bill. the question is how and why. and why, whatever you think of a law, one of the president's top allies, that's right, the president's ally, helped the nra get it passed. no surprise that there's a big dose of politics involved here. jim acosta tonight is keeping 'em honest. >> when president obama signed national health care reform into law, few in washington knew that buried in the legislation's more than 900 pages was a gift to the nation's powerful gun lobby. but here it is. a provision entitled "protection of second amendment rights." it states the government and health insurers cannot collect any information relating to the lawful ownership or possession of a firearm or ammunition. the provision was such a secret, "the washington post" reports that some people in the white house didn't even know it existed, despite being in the president's signature legislation. joan alger did notice it. >> who put it in there? it might surprise you to learn it was this man
the national rifle association somehow managed to put this stealth legislation into president obama's health care reform bill. the question is how and why. and why, whatever you think of a law, one of the president's top allies, that's right, the president's ally, helped the nra get it passed. no surprise that there's a big dose of politics involved here. jim acosta tonight is keeping 'em honest. >> when president obama signed national health care reform into law, few in washington knew...
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and today, the washington national cathedral is entering the history books once again. effective immediately and for the first time ever gay and lesbian couples can celebrate the right of marriage at its altar. joining me now to talk about his historic decision is dean of the washington national cathedral the reverend gary hall. reverend hall, it's great to have you here, the national cathedral, certainly a landmark that we all know and love in this country. as americans this is an active house of wore chip is in the e episcop episcopal church. >> thomas, thank you. it's very much a confluence of a couple of trend it's. one is the episcopal church in 2012 approved a right, a ritual for the blessing of same-sex relationships with the understanding that in areas where marriage is legal for same-sex couples, that that right 0 could be adapted by the local diocese. and in the diocese of washington which includes the district of columbia and now parts of maryland, it's legal everywhere, same-sex marriage is legal everywhere in the diocese. so bishop buddy, our bishop as arti
and today, the washington national cathedral is entering the history books once again. effective immediately and for the first time ever gay and lesbian couples can celebrate the right of marriage at its altar. joining me now to talk about his historic decision is dean of the washington national cathedral the reverend gary hall. reverend hall, it's great to have you here, the national cathedral, certainly a landmark that we all know and love in this country. as americans this is an active house...
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we've got another deadline looming as well in our nation's capital. this one having nothing to do with deficits or budgets or cliff. after newtown, president obama asked vice president biden to come up with concrete steps to curb gun violence and said, quote, no later than january. so right now in the eisenhower executive office building, which is right next door to the white house, joe biden is sitting down with gun violence victims and gun safety groups. and our dan lothian is watching all of this closely. this all seems to be unfolding fairly quickly, certainly by washington standards. so do we know at this point where the joe biden group is heading in terms of policy, or is it an open book? >> reporter: well, you know, to some extent, it is an open book. and you are correct in that this is moving very quickly, and the president had pointed out early on that when he formed this group and had the vice president lead it, that he wanted to get some policy proposals by the end of this month. so that's the reason that you're seeing this move very quickl
we've got another deadline looming as well in our nation's capital. this one having nothing to do with deficits or budgets or cliff. after newtown, president obama asked vice president biden to come up with concrete steps to curb gun violence and said, quote, no later than january. so right now in the eisenhower executive office building, which is right next door to the white house, joe biden is sitting down with gun violence victims and gun safety groups. and our dan lothian is watching all of...
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but since newtown, president obama has commissioned vice president biden and an administration task force to find a way forward. biden is meeting this week with various groups, including a representative of the national rifle association. presidential spokesman jay carney. >> the n.r.a. has certainly been one of the many groups invited. i would leave it to those groups themselves to decide whether to say whether -- to make any comment on their attendance in those meetings. >> reporter: the task force's proposals are due back to the president by the end of next week. after that -- >> the president will decide what he would like to pursue, what he believes is the right course of action. in addition to what he has already called on congress to do which is pass the assault weapons ban, pass legislation that would ban high capacity magazines, pass a bill that would close loopholes in our background check system. >> reporter: meanwhile, in centennial, colorado, this was day two of a preliminary hearing for james holmes who allegedly killed 12 people inside a movie theater last july. as the week
but since newtown, president obama has commissioned vice president biden and an administration task force to find a way forward. biden is meeting this week with various groups, including a representative of the national rifle association. presidential spokesman jay carney. >> the n.r.a. has certainly been one of the many groups invited. i would leave it to those groups themselves to decide whether to say whether -- to make any comment on their attendance in those meetings. >>...
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if barack obama wanted to have a change, it wouldn't have been probably a sweeping large change, but could have had something, that might have dealt with mental health issues, might have been gun show loophole. it might have had something to do with the size of magazines available for weapons, but he had a moment he could have turned to those guys and said work up legislation, i'll get behind it and help you sell. instead what the president said was, we're going to go big, go for a big comprehensive solution and what that did was send the message to pro-gun democrats and to all of the republican party, the president means to crack down on guns and he's going to use this as an opportunity to do it and it basically froze the conversation. >> megyn: and it also led to a huge spike in gun sales at various places, you know, across the united states. that's what happened last time around, too. where they tried to, you know, they passed the 2004 assault weapons ban and all the people rushed to the stores before it went into effect and bought as many guns as they could that were about to get
if barack obama wanted to have a change, it wouldn't have been probably a sweeping large change, but could have had something, that might have dealt with mental health issues, might have been gun show loophole. it might have had something to do with the size of magazines available for weapons, but he had a moment he could have turned to those guys and said work up legislation, i'll get behind it and help you sell. instead what the president said was, we're going to go big, go for a big...
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take a live look at the national debt clock already over the limit. lawmakers have a few more weeks to get the whole issue sorted out before the government can no longer write checks to pay its bills. president obama insisting he will not negotiate on this. republicans are refusing to budge. and the clock keeps ticking and climbing. let's talk about it now with a man who spent a lot of time looking into this. dennis kucinich a former democratic congressman from ohio. we say former. it is just this year. first session of congress in a long time. >> last wreak. jon: just since last week you haven't been there. what is the solution here? >> well, no, yes, we do need to have a disinmr. ed approach to spending, there's no question about that and things are out of control. when you look at the fact that the national debt in 2002 was about the $6.2 trillion. now it is headed towards 16.4. we can no longer handle this just by talking about cutting spending. we have to go and look at the structural issues dealing with our money supply. until we do that, congre
take a live look at the national debt clock already over the limit. lawmakers have a few more weeks to get the whole issue sorted out before the government can no longer write checks to pay its bills. president obama insisting he will not negotiate on this. republicans are refusing to budge. and the clock keeps ticking and climbing. let's talk about it now with a man who spent a lot of time looking into this. dennis kucinich a former democratic congressman from ohio. we say former. it is just...
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asking patients if they own a gun, and the nra also opposes a national gun database. what's the big deal? why not say how many guns you sell? or allow law enforcement to create a list of registered gun owners. talk back question today why the secrecy surrounding guns? facebook.com/carolcnn or tweet me @carolcnn. i'll be back. [ male announcer ] this is joe woods' first day of work. and his new boss told him two things -- cook what you love, and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but he'll work his way up from busser to waiter to chef before opening a restaurant specializing in fish and game from the great northwest. he'll start investing early, he'll find some good people to help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> at 30 minutes past the hour i'm carol costello. thanks for being with us again. lower manhattan in new york city for breaking news, pier 11 on the east river there's been a ferry accident. apparently the ferry ran into the dock there,
asking patients if they own a gun, and the nra also opposes a national gun database. what's the big deal? why not say how many guns you sell? or allow law enforcement to create a list of registered gun owners. talk back question today why the secrecy surrounding guns? facebook.com/carolcnn or tweet me @carolcnn. i'll be back. [ male announcer ] this is joe woods' first day of work. and his new boss told him two things -- cook what you love, and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but...
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which promotes tourism in the nation's capital. >> it's like anything. the second time around it's still important, important to the country and democrats as a whole but it's not the first time for the rodeo. >> reporter: in 2009 1.8 million people filled the mall to hear the new president's address, a record crowd that stretched two miles from the capitol all the way to the lincoln memorial. this year planners estimate well half under that number will show up. inauguration is also the martin luther king day holiday and they hope people will attend. if the smaller crowd projections turn out to be correct, organizers say this will still be the fourth largest inauguration in u.s. history but even the most optimistic planners say its will be a far cry from the financial bonanza of four years ago. >> if i owned a restaurant, i'd want it to look like the numbers in 2009. folks are a little antsy. >> reporter: we called 25 hotels to see how their reservations were. 15 still have rooms available. four years ago every hotel within miles of washington were solidl
which promotes tourism in the nation's capital. >> it's like anything. the second time around it's still important, important to the country and democrats as a whole but it's not the first time for the rodeo. >> reporter: in 2009 1.8 million people filled the mall to hear the new president's address, a record crowd that stretched two miles from the capitol all the way to the lincoln memorial. this year planners estimate well half under that number will show up. inauguration is also...
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. >> she's going to be doing the national anthem. it's a bit of a reward, brooke, for all of her big electioneering for president obama. anyone's guess. but in 2009 she also took part in the festivities for barack obama. it's a pretty big year for her. >> awesome. i found out i'll be covering the inauguration. so shannon travis, thank you so much. >>> we've been following this crane collapse. take a look at this picture in long island city. new details here on the people injured. this was an active construction site. long island city. back in a minute. at? at? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello? ally bank. your money needs an ally. >>> before we talk to chad here and talk about great white sharks, we have new numbers from the new york fire department on this crane collapse in long island city that happened in the 2:00 eastern hour here. we now know seven people, seven people are injured. we're told three, according to the fir
. >> she's going to be doing the national anthem. it's a bit of a reward, brooke, for all of her big electioneering for president obama. anyone's guess. but in 2009 she also took part in the festivities for barack obama. it's a pretty big year for her. >> awesome. i found out i'll be covering the inauguration. so shannon travis, thank you so much. >>> we've been following this crane collapse. take a look at this picture in long island city. new details here on the people...